Only one other time during the BCS era, in 2003, has there been two BCS bowls with double-digit lines, depending on the closing line at your book of choice.

Seven bowls overall had double-digit spreads on Monday, when the Wynn became the first Las Vegas shop to post lines on the entire bowl slate.

The Sun Bowl between Southern Cal and Georgia Tech and the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl between Navy and Arizona State were kept off the board Monday. Wynn sports book director John Avello was waiting to learn more on the status of USC quarterback Matt Barkley before posting a line on the Sun Bowl. Navy, meanwhile, plays Army on Saturday.

While the BCS bowls feature gaudy point spreads, there are some intriguing matchups between evenly matched teams. Baylor opened as 1-point favorite over UCLA in the Holiday Bowl. Oregon State is minus-1 vs. Texas in the Alamo Bowl. TCU opened as a 1-point favorite at Michigan State in the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl. And Kent State opened as a 1-pont favorite vs. Arkansas State in the GoDaddy.com Bowl.

Avello said those game didn’t give him the most trouble in terms of deciding on a spread, though.

“As an oddsmaker, when you’re making lines on games, it’s kind of exciting,” said Avello, a Vegas veteran. “But some games aren’t as exciting, and those tend to be more difficult. Take a game like East Carolina-Louisiana-Lafayette or Central Michigan-Western Kentucky. They’re just not that exciting, and those were the ones that were harder to set.”

Avello said he had a steady stream of “$300-to-$500” bettors in the book on Monday, with a few “significant” players popping in to take a crack at the early numbers.

“Once the other shops go up and there’s a more variety on numbers, we’ll start to see the action pick up,” Avello added.

He took line-moving money Monday on Arkansas State, Texas A&M, LSU, Georgia and South Carolina.

Bowl game opening lines, courtesy the Wynn Las Vegas

December 15

New Mexico Bowl: Nevada vs. Arizona (-7.5)

Famous Idaho Potato: Toledo vs. Utah State (-7.5)

December 20

Poinsettia Bowl: BYU (-2.5) vs. San Diego State

December 21

Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl: Ball State vs. Central Florida (-7)

December 22

New Orleans Bowl: East Carolina vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (-4.5)

MAACO Las Vegas Bowl: Washington vs. Boise State (-7.5)

December 24

Hawaii Bowl: SMU vs. Fresno State (-11.5)

December 26

Little Caesars Pizza Bowl: Central Michigan vs. Western Kentucky (-6)

December 27

Military Bowl: Bowling Green vs. San Jose State (-7.5)

Belk Bowl: Cincinnati (-11) vs. Duke

Holiday Bowl: Baylor (-1) vs. UCLA

Independence Bowl: Ohio vs. Louisiana-Monroe (-6)

Russell Athletic Bowl: Rutgers vs. Virginia Tech (-1)

Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas: Minnesota at Texas Tech (-13)

December 29

Armed Forces Bowl: Air Force vs. Rice (-1)

Fight Hunger Bowl: Navy vs. Arizona State (NL)

Pinstripe Bowl: West Virginia (-3.5) vs. Syracuse

Alamo Bowl: Oregon State (-1) vs. Texas

Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl: TCU (-1) vs. Michigan State

December 31

Music City Bowl: North Carolina State vs. Vanderbilt (-5)

Sun Bowl: Georgia Tech vs. USC (NL)

Liberty Bowl: Iowa State vs. Tulsa (-3)

Chick-fil-A Bowl: Clemson vs. LSU (-3)

January 1

Heart of Dallas Bowl: Purdue vs. Oklahoma State (-18)

Gator Bowl: Northwestern vs. Mississippi State (-2)

Outback Bowl: Michigan vs. South Carolina (-4)

Capital One Bowl: Nebraska vs. Georgia (-8)

Rose Bowl Game: Wisconsin vs. Stanford (-6)

Orange Bowl: Northern Illinois vs. Florida State (-13.5)

January 2

Louisville vs. Florida (-14.5)

January 3

Kansas State vs. Oregon (-8)

January 4

Cotton Bowl: Texas A&M (-3) vs. Oklahoma

January 5

Compass Bowl: Pittsburgh vs. Mississippi (-1.5)

January 6

GoDaddy.com Bowl: Arkansas State vs. Kent State (-1)

January 7

BCS National Championship Game: Alabama (-10) vs. Notre Dame

BCS Bowls with double-digit point spreads (*indicates National Championship Game)

Rose Bowl

2000: Wisconsin (-14) 17, Stanford 9

2007: USC (-13) 49, Illinois 17

2008: USC (-10) 38, Penn St 24

Sugar Bowl

1999: Ohio State (-13.5) 24, Texas A&M 14

2010: Florida (-12) 51, Cincinnati 24

2013: Florida (-14.5) vs. Louisville

Fiesta Bowl

2003: Ohio State 31, Miami (-12) 24 (2OT)*

2005: Utah (-14) 35, Pittsburgh 7

2011: Oklahoma (-18) 48, UConn 20

Orange Bowl

2001: Oklahoma 13, Florida State (-11) 2*

2002: Florida (-12.5) 56, Maryland 23

2003: Louisville (-10.5) 24, Wake Forest 13

2013: Florida State (-13.5) vs. Northern Illinois

2013: Notre Dame vs. Alabama (-10)*

Conference Bowl ATS records since 2004

SEC: 37-28

MWC: 25-14

Pac-12: 27-29

Big Ten: 24-25

Big East: 21-16

Big 12: 29-31

WAC: 14-15-1

Independents: 7-7

ACC: 29-29

CUSA: 20-25

Sun Belt: 8-7-1

MAC: 11-19-2

Line archives used from Phil Steele’s college football previews and TeamRankings.com.